An admired Ceredigion farmer has won the prestigious John Gittins Memorial Award for her lifetime contribution to the Welsh sheep industry.

This year’s recipient has been named as Margaret Dalton from Llangybi, near Lampeter.

Margaret has worked tirelessly to make a success of her Welsh hill farm, Gelligarneddau, and raise two sons following the death of her husband, Don, just 12 years after they bought the farm in 1963.

Margaret has also still found time to hold numerous positions within the sheep industry.

Former NSA Cymru/Wales chairperson Margaret has also taken on roles within her county NFU branch, agricultural discussion group and show society.

A champion of women in agriculture, she has been involved in the Women’s Food and Farming Union and has won NFU and NFU Cymru Woman Farmer of the Year Awards.

Margaret was awarded an OBE in 2001 for her services to agriculture and to the community in Ceredigion, and in 2010 was awarded Fellowship of the Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies for her continued commitment to agriculture. Margaret also jointly won the 2013 NSA George Hedley Memorial Award for her contribution to the Sheep Industry.

She will be presented with the award on Monday, 25 November at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair.